S-8 1 t26167s-8.txt COTT CORPORATION 1 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2001 Registration No. ___________ ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 -------------------------- FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 -------------------------- COTT CORPORATION ----------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter) CANADA NOT APPLICABLE ------------------------------- ---------------------- (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification Number) COTT CORPORATION 207 QUEEN'S QUAY WEST SUITE 340 TORONTO, ONTARIO CANADA M5J 1A7 ---------------------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) RESTATED 1986 COMMON SHARE OPTION PLAN OF COTT CORPORATION ------------------------------------------------ (Full title of the plan) COTT USA CORP. 5405 CYPRESS CENTER DRIVE SUITE 100 TAMPA, FLORIDA 33609 ---------------------------------------------------------- (Name and address of agent for service) (813) 342-2500 ----------------------------------------- (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) 2 Copies to: MARK R. HALPERIN DIANA MCCARTHY, ESQ. SVP, GENERAL COUNSEL & SECRETARY DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP COTT CORPORATION ONE LOGAN SQUARE 207 QUEEN'S QUAY WEST 18TH & CHERRY STREETS SUITE 340 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19103 TORONTO, ONTARIO CANADA M5J 1A7 AND NEIL M. SHEEHY GOODMANS LLP 250 YONGE STREET SUITE 2400 TORONTO, ONTARIO CANADA M5B 2M6
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Amount Proposed Proposed Maximum Amount of Title of Securities To Be Maximum Offering Aggregate Offering Registration To Be Registered Registered Price Per Share (1) Price (1) Fee (2)(3) ------------------- ---------- ------------------- ------------------ ------------ COMMON SHARES, NO PAR VALUE 11,650,000 $9.595 $111,781,750 $27,945.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Estimated solely for purposes of the calculation of the registration fee. See note (3). (2) Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h). Computed based upon a price of $9.595 per share, the average of the high and low sales prices of a Common Share of the Registrant on The Nasdaq National Market on March 6, 2001. (3) Paid by wire transfer. -2- 3 EXPLANATORY NOTE A Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 33-72894) (the "Registration Statement") was filed on December 15, 1993 to register 350,000 Common Shares that are issuable under the 1986 Common Share Option Plan (the "Plan"). The Board of Directors has subsequently increased the aggregate number of Common Shares that are issuable under the Plan to 12,000,000. This Registration Statement is being filed to register the additional 11,650,000 Common Shares that will be issuable under the Plan and to file as an exhibit the Plan, as amended. Pursuant to General Instruction E to the Form S-8, the Registrant incorporates by reference herein the contents of the Registration Statement. ITEM 8. EXHIBITS -------- Exhibit No. Title Exhibit 4 Restated 1986 Common Share Option Plan of Cott Corporation Exhibit 5 Opinion of Goodmans, counsel to the Registrant. Exhibit 23 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. -3- 4 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on this 13th day of March, 2001. COTT CORPORATION By:/s/ Mark R. Halperin -------------------------------------- Mark R. Halperin POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Mark R. Halperin, as his or her attorney-in-fact, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or any substitute, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated: -4- 5
NAME CAPACITY DATE ---- -------- ---- /s/ Frank E. Weise, III Chief Executive Officer & Director March 12, 2001 ----------------------- FRANK E. WEISE, III /s/ Serge Gouin Chairman of the Board of Directors March 12, 2001 ----------------------- & Director SERGE GOUIN /s/ Colin J. Adair Director March 12, 2001 ----------------------- COLIN J. ADAIR /s/ W. John Bennett Director March 12, 2001 ----------------------- W. JOHN BENNETT Director ____________ ----------------------- C. HUNTER BOLL Director ____________ ----------------------- THOMAS M. HAGERTY /s/ Stephen H. Halperin Director March 12, 2001 ----------------------- STEPHEN H. HALPERIN /s/ David V. Harkins Director March 12, 2001 ----------------------- DAVID V. HARKINS /s/ True H. Knowles Director March 12, 2001 ----------------------- TRUE H. KNOWLES /s/ Fraser D. Latta Director March 12, 2001 ----------------------- FRASER D. LATTA /s/ Donald G. Watt Director March 12, 2001 ----------------------- DONALD G. WATT /s/ Raymond P. Silcock Chief Financial Officer March 12, 2001 ----------------------- (Principal Financial Officer) RAYMOND P. SILCOCK /s/ Tina Dell'Aquila Controller March 12, 2001 ----------------------- TINA DELL'AQUILA
-5- 6 AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, the Authorized Representative has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, solely in its capacity as the duly authorized representative of Cott Corporation in the United States, on the 13th day of March, 2001. Cott USA Corp. (Authorized Representative) By:/s/ Mark R. Halperin ------------------------------------- Mark R. Halperin -6- 7 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. Title ---------- ----- Exhibit 4 Restated 1986 Common Share Option Plan of Cott Corporation Exhibit 5 Opinion of Goodmans, counsel to the Registrant Exhibit 23 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. -7-